Zhao Jian sat high on the dragon chair, looking at the Minister of Rites who stood below him with half-closed eyes. At the same time, he glanced at the camp of the four major families not far away, and his eyes fell on the members of the Wen family.
Then, he once again took a good look at those who stood up to oppose the content of the decree to reward Lu Qi and his son.
These people include the Zhou family, the Wen family, the Li family, the Han family, the Liu family...
Even if some officials are not from the family, they have been attached to the big trees in the court over the years and have become the vassals of these ancient aristocratic families.
These people are of the same lineage as the bureaucracy represented by the aristocratic clans, and they both prosper and lose.
At this moment, Zhao Cambodia did not directly answer Wen Chengen, the Minister of Rites, who questioned whether the new law ten years ago is a feasible law for the future.
He set his sights on the vast seat behind Wen Chengen, the Minister of Rites. Sitting there were Sui people selected from thousands of households in the capital.
Zhao Jian said: "Whether the new law is a feasible strategy for the Sui Dynasty is not something you, the Minister of Rites, Wen Cheng'en, say, but it is the result of ten years of reforms and the improvement of national strength visible to the common people. You, Wen Cheng'en, have not
I am not qualified to say what the new laws of the country are like. It is said that small policies are applied to the court and big policies are applied to the people. Did the new laws allow our Sui Dynasty to transform from a poor and weak country ten years ago to a strong Sui Dynasty today? I have to ask the people who came here today.
People, look at their lives in the past ten years, whether they have gotten worse or better."
He asked the people to answer this question.
"This..." Wen Chengen's face turned pale.
Lu Qingping then looked at the three thousand people again.
"It turns out that the reason why people are here today is because it is very effective for the people themselves to prove the results of the reform."
The young man looked at these three thousand people and said: "Among these three thousand people, there should be some people like those on the street who have been arranged for a long time, but more of them should be real people. After all, reform is a matter for a country.
It has really made a big difference in people's lives, it's not just pretending, just putting in some flattering people will be effective."
The emperor's voice reached the seats of common people sent by three thousand families.
These three thousand people come from all walks of life, soldiers, farmers, industry, and merchants, and they all have seats here.
For some farmers and merchants, this was the first time in their lives that they came to the capital and met the emperor, sitting side by side with so many dignitaries, nobles, and immortals.
At this moment, when the emperor said something, thousands of pairs of eyes in the banquet fell on these three thousand people.
These people include soldiers, farmers, workers, and merchants, and they are the epitome of a dynasty that was the result of the ten-year Sui Reform.
Being watched by so many dignitaries, gods and figures, especially the emperor looking at them, many people immediately became helpless and nervous.
But among the three thousand people, there are some who dare to speak loudly.
First there were three to five or seven voices, with different sounds of grateful weeping.
"Long live my emperor, long live my emperor. These ten years have been the best ten years we have lived. The court has made effective reforms, so that we poor people will never starve to death again."
“Ten years ago, there was war every year, we were in fear every year, and we didn’t dare to do business.
To do business by land, you have to face layers of deductions. Now that there are canals connecting the north and south, and there are special water transport trade routes, we no longer need to be subject to numerous exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. The business profits of us small businessmen have increased more than ten times. This is all because of the Emperor.
Ying Ming, the credit of the Prime Minister and King Wu Cheng’s reform has enabled us all to live a good life."
Some farmers and merchants burst into tears of gratitude.
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After three or four voices.
Some people thought about the changes in the past ten years, thought about their life ten years ago, and then thought about their life now. Some people who had experienced the suffering days of war couldn't help but their eyes turned red, and they said loudly:
"Ten years ago, my old man starved to death two sons and froze to death a daughter. Now this kind of thing will never happen again..."
This is an old man who cried as he talked.
It was indeed a miserable time.
The biggest change in the ten years of reform, and the most intuitive benefit to the people, is that in the Southern Sui Dynasty, a large number of people will no longer starve to death and freeze to death.
They can have full stomachs.
"For thousands of years, no dynasty or generation will starve to death and freeze to death. Only after the eighteenth year of our founding of the emperor, we have never seen people starve to death and freeze to death. For this reason alone, Your Majesty will be immortal."
Mingjun."
Some people went around talking to others and became excited.
"These are all good days brought about by His Majesty's efficient governance of the country and the reforms and new policies."
Then, more people fled, stood up from Zhuo Zijian, and gratefully paid homage to Emperor Zhao Jian again.
Some people kowtow, express thanks, and some are grateful to Lu Qingping and Lu Qi...
"You will be seated quickly without courtesy."
Zhao Jian stretched out his hand and ordered three thousand people to escape.
Wen Chengen knelt down and lowered his head, not daring to say another word.
He realized it later and felt despair.
The Minister of Rites now fully understands.
I have been reduced to a tool used by the emperor to express his political intentions today, being led by the emperor's nose and acting as a talking head.
The emperor was well prepared and the reason why these three thousand people came to the scene was because he was confident that his new law had been recognized by the people in the past ten years.
These people are all vested interests in the new law.
Those who had lost their interests had already been suppressed by Lu Qi with his iron cavalry, turning the ground into blood red, and only with a small number of people.
It must be said that today's emperor is very popular among the people.
Now at this state banquet, the emperor gathered the people's gratitude for the new law with just a few words, condensing a general trend that originated from the people who are the foundation of a country.
"This Zhao Jian..."
The head of the Zhou family, Zhou Dunhuang, secretly gritted his teeth, but was deeply afraid of the fifty-year-old emperor's ability to manipulate people's hearts.
"We have already lost a move, so we can only strike from behind and find a way to break the situation."
Similar thoughts flashed through the hearts of these old foxes from the aristocratic clans.
When Zhao Cambodia won over the hearts and minds of the three thousand people present today, they had already lost the initiative and could only watch with livid faces as Zhao Cambodia continued to display his political intentions today.
After getting the voice of the people to affirm the results of the reform.
For the first time, Zhao Jian sneered at Wen Chengen, who was kneeling below him, and at the same time said coldly to the others:
"My ministers, ministers and people, in today's world, when it comes to governing the country, we should not just talk about it in empty words."
"Ten years ago, although our Sui Dynasty was a victorious country in the Spring and Autumn Period, our national power was completely exhausted by the battle to destroy Shu."
"And what I want to say is that even if there is no battle to destroy Shu, our country of Sui still has problems."
"Before the war with Shu, we, the Sui Dynasty, had fertile fields in six states in the world, and the land was fertile and wild for thousands of miles. However, in the hands of our Sui people, we were barren and harvestless. This is not a problem of the Sui people, but a problem of the law."
"In addition to land, we, the Sui Dynasty, also own a Longjiang River that originates from the Tianshan Mountains, passes through various major states and counties, and flows eastward into the sea, but..."
Zhao Jian looked at everyone in the Wanhua Palace: "The water of the Longjiang River is surging. The Sui Dynasty took advantage of this god-given advantage but lost its water transportation. What a big joke."
The square was silent.
Lu Qingping is also recalling that river.
That river is the Yulong River, which originates from the Tianshan Mountains in the northeast and has passed through various ancient kingdoms. Finally, it divided the Southern Sui Dynasty into two parts, Jiangnan and Jiangbei.
This river can be said to be the mother river of the Sui people. The people in the Longjiang Basin not only rely on it for irrigation, but if there is a war, this river will also be the second natural danger for the Sui people after the natural dangers of Shu were lost.
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Zhao Jian's voice continued, telling about the shortcomings of the law before the Sui Dynasty's reform ten years ago.
The Sui Dynasty was his country, and he was the master of the Sui Dynasty.
He is like a man who has recovered from a serious illness and is now dissecting the cause of the illness of the Great Sui Dynasty to the officials and the people.
Teach everyone to understand what the Sui Dynasty has experienced in the past ten years.
Zhao Jian is usually very weak, but today, in order to have a strong voice in the Wanhua Palace, he specially asked for a golden elixir from Danxia Blessed Land, in order to let the people and officials in the world see it.
his status.
"What was the situation like in the Sui Dynasty ten years ago before the reform?"
Zhao Jian swept through the soldiers, farmers, workers, and merchants among the people one by one, closed his eyes and said in a deep voice:
"We, the Sui people, work hard and have fertile soil and granaries, but the people cannot have enough food and clothing. In the past eight hundred years, more people have died of starvation than in war."
"We, the Sui people, are good at business and have the water conservancy of the Longjiang River, but the merchants cannot take advantage of it and turn the Longjiang River, which is flowing with gold, into waste."
"We, the Sui people, are brave and brave. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the elite soldiers of the Sui Dynasty once awed several countries. However, soldiers who have made meritorious deeds rarely get the rewards they deserve."
"We, the Sui people, were clever and good at craftsmanship. All kinds of exquisite porcelain were sold to various countries in the Spring and Autumn Period. However, the spirit of craftsmanship was suppressed by the troubled times and it was difficult to establish ourselves."
He listed these shortcomings one by one.
The people and some officials in the square felt a little proud of the emperor's words, but mostly they were ashamed.
Zhao Jian glanced at these people and said solemnly: "However, this is not just a shortcoming of our country in the Sui Dynasty. This was a shortcoming of all the countries in the Spring and Autumn Period. The Chu and Yue countries all perished because of this."
Lu Qingping thought about the history of the Spring and Autumn Period when she was beside the emperor, and felt emotional in her heart.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Yue Kingdom was defeated by the military system. For meritorious service on the battlefield, there were few people and rewards, and later the Chu soldiers had no fighting power.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Yue Kingdom perished at the hands of peasants, and the people could not afford to eat. Then there was the Leixiang Uprising in the Yue Kingdom, and due to internal and external troubles, it was destroyed by the Tang Dynasty.